title: Double valvular insufficiency in a Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus, Linnaeus, 1758) suffering from concomitant bacterial pneumonia.
abstract: Ultrasonography, and, to a lesser extent, echocardiography are now well-established, noninvasive, and painless diagnostic tools in herpetologic medicine. Various cardiac lesions have been previously described in reptiles, but valvulopathy is rarely documented in these animals and, consequently, is poorly understood. In this report, sinoatrial and atrioventricular insufficiencies were diagnosed in a 5-yr-old captive dyspneic Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) on the basis of echocardiographic and Doppler examination. This case report is the first to document Doppler assessment of valvular regurgitations in a reptile.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Clinic of Auteuil Village, 35 rue Leconte de Lisle, 75016 Paris, France. Dr.L.Schilliger@clinvet-auteuil.com
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schilliger
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tréhiou-Sechi
authors.forename: Amandine M P
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Misbach
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chetboul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017821:Boidae; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002442:Ceftazidime